At 6/11/12 08:48 PM, MadFLeX wrote:
stuff that's not about me but I'm makin it about me

Only reason I'm doin this is cuz Flex is apparently the God MC in this mufucka and I ain't gona have him manipulatin the younger generation into thinking that there's only one way to rap.

I hate your review, and here's why.

1. Everything, all of the imperfect rhyme schemes, the "spoken word" flow you call offbeat and say you didn't like, is all done on purpose. I can be the most precise rapper in the world if I wanna be, but that's not music.

Sorry dude, but "imperfects" have been ok ever since Biggie rhymed "go/unbelievable." You can't sit there and bug out over the letters in the word saying they shouldn't rhyme. Off rhymes with ball if you swing the "A" and drop the f off in the first word. And that's ok, cuz that rhyme was about the visual, not using chaismus (internal rhymes)

2. Spoken word flo has been ok since JayZ did it with Em on the illest underground rap song to ever hit the mainstream. Everybody thought that Em murked Jay cuz Em was perfectly syncopated, but the reason that song was so great was BECAUSE of the "spoken word" flow that Jay used to accentuate the difference in styles. Each of their flos set off of the other one. So you not "liking" the flow I "chose" has nothing to do with the battle. I think you should have focused more on my technical ability to use said flow rather than the mere fact I chose it. What, if I don't do syncopated 16ths then it's no good? Naa, my dog, that's not music.

Regardless, I AM going to be using a fully syncopated, staccato, 16th note flow in the finals cuz I'm tired of ppl sayin I'm offbeat just cuz they don't understand a jazzier, funkier style. It's not all about sounding like a damn computer and using the rhyme dictionary for "perfect" rhymes.

Of course, the dirty South has always been more artistic than the West. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hip hop kids, do YOU, and study ALL forms of music, not just that MC that sounds like a goddamn computer! Don't copy motherfuckers just cuz!!!

I really need to listen to more 'gangsta rap' or whatever it's called.

I won't be voting, purely because I'm way too biased against anyone who mentions the words "shoot", "you", and "pistol" in the same line in a battle. Same goes for "fuck/stretch", "your", "girl's/bitch's", and "pussy".

At 6/12/12 08:54 AM, Wrise wrote:
I really need to listen to more 'gangsta rap' or whatever it's called.

I won't be voting, purely because I'm way too biased against anyone who mentions the words "shoot", "you", and "pistol" in the same line in a battle. Same goes for "fuck/stretch", "your", "girl's/bitch's", and "pussy".

If you are referring to me in any way, the criticism is slightly off. However, to keep from referring to the battle, I will leave the actual words I stated in the battle out. However, I will say this.

There is a storied history and culture to the art of the insult in hip hop. It's how people bond, and to dismiss what is meant to be partly comical wordplay as the rather antiquated notion of "gangster rap" shows that you need to immerse yourself more fully in the overall culture, which has little to do with actually being a gangster.

Basically, you should be much more concerned with the devices that the vocalist uses to bring across the point than the actual action involved in the words. It is the same type of vulgar device that Shakespeare used in every Act 4 of his plays when he quite deliberately became vulgar in order to appease the tastes of the less culturally aware people who attended his plays.

SJD, I've really liked your flow all the way through this competition, it has an element of unpredictability that sets you apart from others. Your use of literary devices and slant rhymes don't go unnoticed, but I feel like if you take the soft rhyme approach at the end of an AB scheme, it brings attention to it in a way that it doesn't when you are doing it internally. Additionally, I just thought for this particular beat, the flow didn't fit as well as it has in other battles. On the other hand, I really liked the approach Suddle took in terms of flow to this battle because I felt like it was appropriate for the beat selection. On a different beat, I would have preferred yours.

One thing I've noticed about the Senator's flow is that it works best on light hearted beats. It murked on Thee Anthem, and also on Swag City.

One thing I'll try to do in the lead up to the finals and third place play off is try to write a beat that would suit the Senator's voice like that (already made a beat more to suit Suddle style dark beats, complete with an Amen break, link related).

At 6/11/12 03:57 PM, SoundGoodizer wrote:
now TEQNEEK....dawg....you need to chill out man! yeah I trolled everybody hard and all that funny shit I did, but I don't want you to think I have a "problem" with you. It was all born out of sheer boredom. but alas my girlfriend is pregnant now and I've had to loosen my grip on this forum and for the record Teq, I never voted on your battles.

When was sudz trolling? I never even noticed.
And kids, rubbers are serious business. I wish that announcement occurred before/during OUR battle so i could do some punchlines about how suds now trapped in a lifelong relationship (good or bad) with the girl he was talking to me about wanting to leave not a month ago. Plus cheating on her. So much sadness....im sure i can come up with hilariousness.

I got seven acappellas at present, you, me, the senator, teq, Wyze, Scuare and Obsideo so we COULD just roll with that if everyone likes, or we could wait till the end of the comp see if anyone else sends in acappellas. It'd be cool if we had KillBill, Gas etc. on as well obvs, but this looks less and less likely by the day.

At 6/12/12 10:05 PM, PiGPEN wrote:
Yo SenJonDea, you have a severe disparity between style and substance.
Sounds like you're spitting constant punchlines throughout the battle but the lyrics show otherwise, re-tawk.

There is no way I can please everybody, so I just do what I do. People's perspectives are completely different. There was a reviewer that said I had constant punchlines. There was another reviewer that said it was all filler. That's like calling a sandwich dinner and supper. So I just have to disregard everybody.